hmm..quite long since i last blogged..once again..time flies..it's already week 9..we've been here for 9 weeks?!?! cant believe it. christmas test is over..it was ok..there's e computing test tml..i hope i get thru it..well..does it really seem like we're having so much fun? haha..i guess that's e idea most ppl get, maybe cos i only blog about happy things. haha..i'm not saying it's not fun..but but there's downsides to being here as well..jus that maybe i dun blog about it..the times when i'm getting overstressed bout tests, project and oral presentation..it's like..within the next 3 weeks! hai..i cant wait for it all to be over..over over over..then i can enjoy e hols proper..i cant wait!! went to nottingham last weekend, was great meeting up with ppl, esp mg frens i havent seen for so long..it's jus this special feeling we all haf i guess...even if you werent particularly close to that person in school, it's still great to see a familiar face from mg somewhere..esp when you're in a foreign country. yay. :) cant remb wat else happened since the last time i blogged..ha..too lazy to recall. chatted more wif xinyi today on msn..happy :) den received a nice long email too from her..yay :) it's so nice to receive emails! hee. i must reply must reply :p this yr's alpha camp for her is definitely gonna be different..it wont be all of us there together anymore..no more late nite chatting while lying in our sleeping bags..waking up to noise of e 'younger ones'..hee..those were the days..been hearing updates about church and alpha camp..will keep u all in prayer..i know God will lead and things will turn out fine..it's impt to pray. i cannot say or express enough how much i miss my church in spore..e ppl..the service..the songs..the language..the place..the camp..hai. december hols was the mth where there'll be periods of time we'll be in church almost everyday, seeing the same ppl everyday..but loving every minute of it. doing camp stuff, yf stuff, or even mission trip stuff last time. hai..miss those days..when life was simple, and we simply looked forward to december hols and church camps. december is never going to be the same here..it's never going to be e same without old church and e ppl in spore..christmas will be different..no more countdowns or caroling sessions..no christmas celeb in church..no sharing sessions or games on christmas eve..no sleepovers on new yr's eve..no meeting e familiar faces in cg and yyxz..e list just goes on and on..i miss church alot..altho e church here is great too, it's just so different..i dun belong here. i belong in bpmc.

i'm typing in long paragraphs again..that's cos i dun wanna break my trend of thot..the list of things i miss just goes on and on...wo yao hui jia.

Lord, I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!
~Mark 9:24

wow..another week just passed like that..less than a month to the hols! :) yesterday nite we baked cheesecake at charlene's hall after dinner and it was DAMN GOOD. haha..super nice! :) especially after letting it set in the fridge and eating it the next morning..it's the new york cheesecake kind! our first attempt sumore :) so proud of ourselves. hehe..next time when i'm back in spore i'll bake it too! and today, woke up a bit later and had french toast/instant noodles for brunch..did a little work and went shopping with yl ros and diane at lilywhites and oxford st! :) i bought a very nice dirty green backpack for carrying to sch for only 8.99 quid! :D hehe..happy happy..cos the shoulder bag is getting too heavy to carry..a backpack makes more sense to carry to sch..hehe..yay! :D hmm..more bout school related stuff..right now the most stressful thing we have is the design project..my grp jus had a meeting on fri, two weeks after we had divided work, and we were supposed to have completed all our simulations and analysis..ok, i dint manage to finish it myself because i dint noe how u actually analyse the results, but my partner who's supposed to share the part with me, she actually didnt do a SINGLE thing at all..hai..i'm already feeling quite tired of getting worried and pissed already..it really irritates me when some ppl are so irresponsible and only care about partying and having fun instead of fulfiling ur responsibility ..whatever happened to accountability? it's a group project..i really hate to start ranting on my blog..but i guess God's teaching me to be patient and how to work with different types of ppl..it's really not easy..especially when i'm quite clueless about all these electronic stuff also..oh wells. i'll jus do my best, and leave the rest to Him. on a happy note, during the hols, i'm thinking of going to visit bath too! seems like a nice place to go to. :) so it's spain and bath! :) next weekend we're going up to nottingham for the notts games, and i haf a christmas test in the week after that..which is the main test in this term but is actually not counted. then the weekend after that, we'll be going to cardiff for a short weekend trip! :) cant wait for christmas test to be over..and more imptly, cant wait for e hols to be here. :)

wonderful weekend :) i cant wait to post up pictures! haha..i went with diane to cambridge on fri nite, which ended a relatively xiong-er week of programming driving test and pti..so was really really excited and happy to go, plus to meet agnes! hehe.

so we arrived at about 1030 in cambridge and diane and i went our 'separate ways' - me going with agnes to her college and diane with yvonne. it was late at nite, so couldnt see much of the town yet, i was jus freezing all e way back to her college..heh..and we had hot chips with cheese from this trailer stall! heh..went back, settled down, talked for a long long long time..only slept at 5 am. heh..

and we woke up early (ok we snoozed the alarm clock ALOT) to go for her chem lect in the morn at 10am! didnt really pay attention to the lect la, altho it was supposed to be by the young professor who wrote the textbooks they were using haha i still wasnt that interested in chem :p den we walked around some shops for a while for her hour's break before going to physio lecture which was more interesting! wha.can really see the passion the lecturer has for the subject in the way he zooms off and explains the bodily processes without much notes in front of him (vaguely heard words like aveolar ventilation..dead spaces or smth haha) and yea paid more attention.

after that we went to get lunch and shopped around a bit more, this time with yf cos he had nothing else to do anw and could bring us around st johns, his college, where agnes wanted to show me..bought some stuff from a cheap shop, and also this milkshake powder! so fun :) heh..after shopping we went around visiting colleges - kings, trinity and st johns...all very pretty pretty buildings! and also with the little rivers and the bridges..everywhere seemed like a good place to take a photo. heh..so fun, cos we would like stop and make yf take photos for us..heh..so touristy :) and yea..i cant really imagine living and studying in a tourist attraction all in itself..heh..oh ya! i forgot to mention the fudge shop!! awesome fudge!! everyone going to cambridge must try it. thanx yf for treating! :) hehe

bought groceries, went back to robinson and cooked FRIED DONG FEN with baked chicken! :) dong fen dong fen dong fen :p hehe...so nice man. ate like -so- much..haha..but anw. was great. then we talked again till 2 am. hehe..

next day, after snoozing the alarm clock alot again, we finally woke up to go to church..heh..we went to the king's college chapel..supposedly the more famous chapels, and too bad we were a bit late if not we could have sit inside the main hall..but anws..the choir was AWESOME. it was a boys choir..or a male choir. haa cos it ranged from little little boys to uni-looking guys..and they sang beautifully. really beautifully. especially in such a chapel with great acousitcs and wonderful architecture, it was really fantastic, and it really fills you with awe..it's like when they start singing, i'll even get goosebumps! haha..yea..our God is an awesome God. :) it was a different kind of service tho...very traditional..ha..not really used to it..but was a good experience.

we then went grocery shopping again and back to cook lunch again..ha.rushed like mad when we realised it's almost time we were supposed to meet diane yvonne and the rest. agnes cooked SALMON FRIED BEEHOON with lots of CHILLI!!! haha...yea man...altho slightly too spicy..but it was good. haha..i made french toast too to use up some bread. heh..after that we rushed off to meet the rest for punting! was so fun..and i tried it too! haha..it's difficult man! haha..need strength, coordination and hands that can tahan the veryveryvery cold weather! haha..took lotsa fun and scenic pictures too..

then we rushed back to yvonne's college to collect our bags, and since we ended late, we ran most of the way there, and then to the bus station. agnes had a bike so she went ahead to try and catch the bus to tell them to wait a little for us cos we were on our way..and we ran most of the way..with our big bag packs..all the way till we reached the bus station, and were across the road, when our bus started driving off. we were like ?!?!?! we're just across the road!! agnes had been trying to ask them to wait, but they said they werent allowed to wait. so they just drove off. best. at least they allowed us to go on the 530 bus without having to pay extra, which was also a blessing in disguise cos alot of my stuff were in agnes' bag, and it was highly possible that if we had managed to chiong onto that earlier bus, i would have left all my impt stuff like wallet phone and camera in her bag..sat there waiting for the next bus, and it finally came.

boarded the bus, put everything down, preparing myself for the ride home. suddenly, something struck me. i knew what i forgot to pack back into my bag. my little pillow. because we were rushing the whole day that day..i just knew i would forget to pack something in. but why the pillow?? :( :( was a little upset..but oh wells. i think i'll be seeing agnes soon again either for notts games or her boat party in london..i miss my pillow already. :p

but other than that, it was a great trip..we talked alot about everything..and it was jus so nice :) we must do this again! :)

some pictures of the fireworks display..videos are better! :
(btw, a lot of ppl say e 2nd pict is so cool, but it only happened cos i think i dun haf steady hands as i take e photos. haha..but it turned out cool!)

hmm..a quite exciting last two days! :) shall mention the highlights of the days..

saturday - fantastic brunch..we made french toast and scrambled eggs with ham, cheese and mushrooms...among the 3 of us we ate like -so- many eggs la. haha..used 7 eggs in all. but their eggs are tiny! haha...oh well. it was super super delicious heh..and filling. web cammed for awhile, and went to watch fireworks at nite wif the other wilson ppl. fireworks were so pretty! :) we had to pay four pounds tho..but anw..the fireworks were like overhead, so it felt as if it was an omnimax big screen. hee..nice nice. :) took lotsa photos and videos..aww videos i dunno where i can upload..but but, i still think the one we watched in spore at marina (think it's a week after national day) was nicer..cos it's more choreographed, fitting with the music and all..and of cos, it's e watching together that counts. brings back smiles :) :) :) then went to e singsoc potluck at fisher..but didnt participate much cos we went over to bernard sunley to play table soccer and cards..yay..quite fun..played until so late, left at about 1am..walked to e bus stop, and after a while, we realised that we had missed the last bus home..we're talking bout a place that's bout 1 hr walk back to wilson..so decided to either take the next bus that comes den change bus or a cab since there were so many of us to share the fare..but none came after a super long time. realised that it was already so late already, and next morn we were going for the 930 service at htb which was near school, so it made more sense to stay over at evelyn gardens and go to church wif diane. thank you to michael who lent me his new towel, contact lens soln and case, gave me fruit bars, and diane who lent me her sleeping bag, thermal blanket, fresh clothes to change into, nitty gritty stuff and most imptly a place in her room to sleep in! haha..was cold man..good thing diane had the blanket..yay :)

sunday - woke up at 8am to go to church..was good worship, had holy communion too :) [i miss my church so much.] then after service we headed to big sains to get groceries and ready made heat-able lunch then went back to fisher..all the while walking while it was drizzling and super duper cold! haha..our excuse for eating so much carbo for lunch. haha..we had cheap lunch cos we bought shepherd's pie and quiche lorraine at reduced prices of 99p each! hehe. after lunch took a bus back, lugging all my groceries and clothes home..webcammed. :) then took a tube down to leicester sq for the harry potter global premiere gala..whoa huge crowd even tho it was raining..got quite a few shots of -e big screen only la- haha but still, of the stars of the show, unfortunately cam batt went flat..gd thing i took pictures of most of them already. haha..emma watson's super pretty..ha..yea..it's quite exciting to be at -the actual place- where they're having the premiere with all the stars and all..ha..den headed to chinatown for dinner wif e rest of e sporeans and then headed home.

hmm..i think the last post sounded very sad. heh..well i was, but at least it ended with a great dinner..and dinners always leave u feeling happy and xinfu. hee..especially when you cook it urselves. noe wat we cooked? salmon and mushrooms pasta with cabonara sauce..and cheese broccoli and cauliflower..thursday had great dinner at linstead too den went to watch e best of broadway concert at e royal albert hall! nice big place man..so grand looking..and the orchaestra was great! the royal philharmonic orchaestra..hmm..and there was singing too..so many songs they sang reminded me of e many memories..the last segment of songs were from mamma mia, which reminded me of when we all went to watch together! so fun..last part everyone just stood up and swayed/danced to e abba songs they were singing..so fun! heh..and also e last encore song they sang was thank you for e music, which again reminds me of choir! started singing along, but in my alto part. :p den we went for supper at kfc..the walk back was fun! we all started singing our school songs and hc had all the other 'school songs' which we were singing so loudly on e road..heh..so fun. gang gang hao had two from each sch..heh..friday was quite a long day at school also, tired but came back had great dinner again..terriyaki drumsticks and stir-fry lettuce with mushrooms and rice! :) den we watched amelie in yl's room..yay..nice friday nite. heh. going down for french toast breakfast now!

i'm tired. all i need to do is just think of the stoopid PSPICE proj, the essay and reports, and jus feel so tired. think of the presentation the driving test (some computing lab test) next week, and i'm really, really tired. think of how e other sporean guys are almost experts at the program while i noe nuts about it, makes me tired. i know, this is all part of uni life, and this definitely isnt the most difficult thing in e world. i know it'll pass somehow, but right now, i jus wanna stone. not fun anymore..i wanna go home. eat xiao long bao at crystal jade, watch a movie at cine, sit down at e bench outside my house, go to church on sundays, and see familiar faces who talk with familiar singlish.